Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.35 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Christian Council International (CCI)
EU Transparency Register
529200533286-85 First registered on 21 Nov 2018
Goals / Remit
CCI is a non-profit organization. Our goal is to influence public policy on both sides of the Atlantic and broader at international organizations from a Christian and politically conservative perspective, with the broad objective of fostering and protecting the greatest achievements of our political systems: limited government, the free market and individual liberty, especially religious freedom and freedom of education, with the family as the foundational building block of society.
CCI stands up for Christian standards at international organizations such as the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), African Union (AU). CCI is able to do this because it has acquired the powers and access to speak and lobby with these organizations and representatives.Main EU files targeted
Monitoring of the implementation of the EU-ACP - Partnership Agreement - Post Cotonou
The Equal Treatment Directive or anti-Discrimination Directive is followed as a piece of proposed legislation.
Furthermore we want to develop ourselves further as an organization and will, based on the goals in our mission statement, analyse and act on policies which concerns our main areas of concern: Life, Family and Freedom (of religion, education, ..).
So, as further explanation and in addition to things mentioned here above, (and for example also after several meetings in the EC Charlemange Building and the EP (around the European Prayer Breakfast) with several MEP’s and others, some more main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files currently followed by our organization include:
- (Next to the ETD, the Article 17 TFEU dialogue):
- Proposal for the creation of an inter-institutional EU-Ethics body
- Proposal to make Hate Speech an EU crime
- Proposal to adopt a Directive on Gender-Based violence
- Proposal to adopt Horizontal Equal Treatment Directive
- EP Intergroup and EU guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief
- Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter.
- 10-year anniversary of the EU Guidelines on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU.
- EU-Strategy for Gender Equality
- 2020 FEMM INI-Report MEP Fred Matic on 'The situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU in the frame of womens health', which is now temporrily withdrawn.
- Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD)
- EU adn States' Ascession to the Istanbul ConventionAddress
Head Office
Krooslaan 11
Bodegraven 2411ZP
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Krooslaan 11
Bodegraven 2411ZP
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.35
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 Feb 2025
Name Start date End Date Hendrik Jan van Schothorst 10 Sep 2024 09 Sep 2025 Pieter Willem Hak 10 Sep 2024 09 Sep 2025 H J VAN SCHOTHORST 27 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024 H J VAN SCHOTHORST 21 Apr 2022 21 Apr 2023 H J VAN SCHOTHORST 08 Jun 2021 21 Apr 2022 H J VAN SCHOTHORST 16 Apr 2019 16 Apr 2020 Complementary Information
At this moment we have four employees: 3 fulltime and 1 parttime. 2 persons are involved with the activities under heading 9.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
N/A
Member organisations
CCI is a Stichting, based in the Netherlands. The regulations for such a legal body in the Netherlands are that a Stichting, which can be translated in the word 'foundation' is an organization without membership. Another possible concept for a legal body is an association. Associations have members. That doesn't mean that CCI does not represent many people. We contact them and can be contacted in several ways like, grass root meetings with the support base, national and international conferences in and out our office in personal meetings. In all this kind of meetings we get their views and can pass them on to the podia of the several official national and international bodies where CCI is working, including to the United nations, where CCI has accreditation with the UN Economic and Social Council. The current numbers of members of our Board is three, Mr. Henk Jan van Schothorst is executive officer and founder of the organization, from The Netherlands.
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
265,332€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Sambrosa Care BV 40,000€ Contribution Kolonos BV 25,000€ Other financial info
CCI had a total income of 265332 euros in 2023. CCI is fully funded by different private donors.
The budget for the activities covered by the Register is based on 0,35 FTE. The budget will be 20000 euros.
Costs pro rato in euros:
Staff costs: 15000
Office and administrative expenses: 1000
In-house operational expenditure: 2000
Representation costs: 2000 -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Unofficial groupings
Communication activities
We work on a project called 'Free, brave - For Life, Family and Freedom Worldwide'. This includes a Christian approach with meetings with politicians, intellectuals and other involved people worldwide, the use of our consultative status at international organizations such as at UN-ECOSOC and the organization of annual international conferences.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared